{"id":36508,"date":"2020-08-07T23:46:29","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T23:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/what-happens-when-holes-perfect-for-spyware-are-found-in-the-engine-room-of-millions-of-qualcomm-based-phones-lets-find-out\/"},"modified":"2020-08-07T23:46:29","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T23:46:29","slug":"what-happens-when-holes-perfect-for-spyware-are-found-in-the-engine-room-of-millions-of-qualcomm-based-phones-lets-find-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/what-happens-when-holes-perfect-for-spyware-are-found-in-the-engine-room-of-millions-of-qualcomm-based-phones-lets-find-out\/","title":{"rendered":"What happens when holes perfect for spyware are found in the engine room of millions of Qualcomm-based phones? Let&#8217;s find out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong class=\"trailer\">DEF CON<\/strong> In July, the makers of millions of smartphones powered by Qualcomm&#8217;s Snapdragon system-on-chips received mitigation recommendations to address a bevy of security flaws in their products, all introduced by Qualcomm&#8217;s technology.<\/p>\n<p>Those software-level vulnerabilities, which apparently affect potentially more than 40 per cent of cellphones worldwide, were outlined this week at the now-virtual DEF CON hacking conference.<\/p>\n<p>Infosec experts at Check Point Research on Thursday <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.checkpoint.com\/2020\/08\/06\/achilles-small-chip-big-peril\/\">reported<\/a> finding more than 400 programming blunders in the code used to control the Digital Signal Processing (DSP) cores in Qualcomm&#8217;s Snapdragon chip families. These engines accelerate the processing of images, audio, and other information in a staggering number of Android cellphones.<\/p>\n<p>According to Check Point&#8217;s Slava Makkaveev, who <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.defcon.org\/html\/defcon-safemode\/dc-safemode-speakers.html#Makkaveev\">spoke<\/a> of the vulnerabilities <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/videos\/703308540\">at DEF CON<\/a>, the flaws are linked to Qualcomm&#8217;s Hexagon SDK, which is used to program the DSP engines to perform tasks.<\/p>\n<div class=\"promo_article\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/regmedia.co.uk\/2018\/08\/07\/shutterstock_bug_hunting.jpg?x=174&amp;y=115&amp;crop=1\" width=\"174\" height=\"115\" alt=\"Finding bugs in code\"><\/p>\n<h2 title=\"Qualcomm bugs among the worst \u2013 including a critical hole in wireless networking\">As the world descends into madness, it&#8217;s good to see some things never change: Monthly Android patches<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2020\/08\/04\/android_august_patches\/\"><span>READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p>From what we can tell, it sounds as though Qualcomm&#8217;s code-signature checks can be bypassed, allowing malicious Android apps to execute arbitrary instructions on the DSP and, from that position, gain control of the whole device.<\/p>\n<p>Technical details have been withheld from the public to give gadget makers time to implement and roll out Qualcomm&#8217;s fixes, which will take time. Check Point claimed the flaws can be abused by rogue applications to siphon data from devices, eavesdrop on communications, crash handhelds, and execute arbitrary code.<\/p>\n<p>Not all the bugs identified are dangerous though they&#8217;re enough to warrant six separate CVEs: CVE-2020-11201, CVE-2020-11202, CVE-2020-11206, CVE-2020-11207, CVE-2020-11208 and CVE-2020-11209. 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